[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 36 (Thursday, February 25, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S890-S892]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





              INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS

  The following bills and joint resolutions were introduced, read the 
first and second times by unanimous consent, and referred as indicated:

           By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. 
             Bennet, Mr. Brown, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. 
             Merkley, Mr. Warner, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Rosen, Ms. 
             Smith, Mr. Peters, Mr. Booker, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. 
             Tester, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Cardin, Ms. 
             Warren, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. King, Ms. Hassan, and Mr. 
             Carper):
       S. 439. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to increase Federal support to State Medicaid programs 
     during economic downturns, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. Kelly, Mrs. Gillibrand, 
             Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Peters, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. 
             Duckworth, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Smith, and Mrs. 
             Shaheen):
       S. 440. A bill to provide continued funding for services 
     under the Older Americans Act of 1965, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Booker, Ms. Warren, 
             Mr. Markey, Ms. Smith, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. 
             Feinstein, Mr. Cotton, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Van Hollen, 
             and Mr. Coons):
       S. 441. A bill to require the Consumer Product Safety 
     Commission to promulgate a consumer product safety rule for 
     free-standing clothing storage units to protect children from 
     tip-over related death or injury, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. Johnson):
       S. 442. A bill to amend title 40, United States Code, to 
     require the Administrator of General Services to procure the 
     most life-cycle cost effective and energy efficient lighting 
     products and to issue guidance on the efficiency, 
     effectiveness, and economy of those products, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Schumer, 
             Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Leahy, Mrs. Feinstein, Mrs. 
             Murray, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Reed, Mr. Carper, Ms. 
             Stabenow, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Cardin, Mr. 
             Sanders, Mr. Brown, Mr. Casey, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. 
             Tester, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Warner, Mr. Merkley, Mr. 
             Bennet, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Coons, Mr. Blumenthal, 
             Mr. Schatz, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Murphy, Ms. Hirono, Mr. 
             Heinrich, Mr. King, Mr. Kaine, Ms. Warren, Mr. 
             Markey, Mr. Booker, Mr. Peters, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. 
             Hassan, Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. Smith, Ms. Rosen, Mr. 
             Lujan, Mr. Hickenlooper, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Ossoff, and 
             Mr. Warnock):
       S. 443. A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act 
     of 1971 to provide for additional disclosure requirements for 
     corporations, labor organizations, Super PACs and other 
     entities, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Rules 
     and Administration.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Boozman, 
             Mr. Blunt, and Ms. Hassan):
       S. 444. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide or 
     assist in providing an additional vehicle adapted for 
     operation by disabled individuals to certain eligible 
     persons; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Ms. HASSAN (for herself and Ms. Murkowski):
       S. 445. A bill to amend section 303(g) of the Controlled 
     Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 823(g)) to eliminate the separate 
     registration requirement for dispensing narcotic drugs in 
     schedule III, IV, or V, such as buprenorphine, for 
     maintenance or detoxification treatment, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Ms. ERNST (for herself, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Cramer, Mrs. 
             Hyde-Smith, and Mr. Marshall):
       S. 446. A bill to amend title 18, United State Code, to 
     criminalize any abortion or sterilization procedure performed 
     without the informed consent of the person on whom such 
     procedure is performed, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. RUBIO:
       S. 447. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow a credit against tax for qualified elementary and 
     secondary education tuition; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Ms. Stabenow):
       S. 448. A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security 
     Act to prohibit lifetime or annual limits on dental coverage 
     under the Children's Health Insurance Program, and to require 
     wraparound coverage of dental services for certain children 
     under such program; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mr. Wicker):
       S. 449. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to exclude from gross income certain federally-subsidized 
     loan repayments for dental school faculty; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. BURR (for himself, Mr. Booker, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. 
             Bennet, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Casey, Ms. 
             Collins, Mr. Coons, Mr. Cornyn, Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. 
             Duckworth, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Hawley, 
             Ms. Hirono, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. King, Ms. Klobuchar, 
             Mr. Lankford, Mr. Markey, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Merkley, 
             Mr. Murphy, Mr. Portman, Mr. Reed, Ms. Rosen, Mr. 
             Rubio, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mr. 
             Tillis, Mr. Warnock, Ms. Warren, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. 
             Wicker, and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 450. A bill to award posthumously the Congressional Gold 
     Medal to Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mrs. CAPITO (for herself and Mr. Peters):
       S. 451. A bill to require the Secretary of Commerce, acting 
     through the Director of the National Institute of Standards 
     and Technology, to help facilitate the adoption of composite 
     technology in infrastructure in the United States, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself and Mr. Scott of South 
             Carolina):
       S. 452. A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to 
     Willie O'Ree, in recognition of his extraordinary 
     contributions and commitment to hockey, inclusion, and 
     recreational opportunity; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. Van Hollen):
       S. 453. A bill to increase support for State Children's 
     Health Insurance programs during the COVID-19 emergency, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Brown, 
             Mr. Menendez, and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 454. A bill to provide health care and benefits to 
     veterans who were exposed to toxic substances while serving 
     as members of the Armed Forces at Karshi Khanabad Air Base, 
     Uzbekistan, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mrs. MURRAY:
       S. 455. A bill to designate and expand wilderness areas in 
     Olympic National Forest in the State of Washington, and to 
     designate certain rivers in Olympic National Forest and 
     Olympic National Park as wild and scenic rivers, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Schumer, Mr. 
             Portman, Ms. Cantwell, and Mr. Scott of South 
             Carolina):
       S. 456. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to permanently extend the new markets tax credit, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Murphy, and 
             Ms. Collins):
       S. 457. A bill to establish a grant program for innovative 
     partnerships among teacher preparation programs, local 
     educational agencies, and community-based organizations to 
     expand access to high-quality tutoring in hard-to-staff 
     schools and high-need schools, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself, Mr. Boozman, Ms. Hirono, 
             Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Markey, Mr. King, Mr. Reed, Ms. 
             Warren, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Sinema, Ms. 
             Collins, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Coons, Mr. 
             Booker, Mr. Rounds, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Sanders, Mr. 
             Brown, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Peters, Ms. Baldwin, and 
             Mr. Whitehouse):
       S. 458. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide the 
     representative of record of a claimant for compensation or 
     benefits administered by the Secretary an opportunity to 
     review a proposed determination regarding that claim; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. SCOTT of Florida (for himself, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, 
             Mr. Barrasso, and Ms. Lummis):
       S. 459. A bill to amend the National Voter Registration Act 
     of 1993 and the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to promote 
     integrity in voter registration, the casting of ballots, and 
     the tabulation of ballots in elections for Federal office, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Rules and 
     Administration.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. Warner):
       S. 460. A bill to extend the authority for Federal 
     contractors to reimburse employees unable to perform work due 
     to the COVID-19 pandemic from March 31, 2021, to September 
     30, 2021; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Mr. Wicker, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, 
             Mr. Marshall, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Hagerty, Mr. Cassidy, 
             Mr. Lee, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Cotton, Mr. 
             Daines, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Barrasso, and Mr. 
             Inhofe):
       S. 461. A bill to create a point of order against 
     legislation modifying the number of Justices of the Supreme 
     Court of the United States; read the first time.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Markey, Ms. 
             Rosen, Mr.

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             Kaine, Mr. Brown, Mr. Manchin, and Ms. Smith):
       S. 462. A bill to provide emergency funding for caseworkers 
     and child protective services; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. PAUL (for himself and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 463. A bill to require congressional approval of 
     national emergency declarations and to repeal the emergency 
     powers and authorities most susceptible to abuse, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Cassidy, 
             Ms. Rosen, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. 
             Sinema, Mrs. Capito, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Tillis, Mrs. 
             Shaheen, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Merkley, and Mr. 
             Blumenthal):
       S. 464. A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income 
     Security Act of 1974 to require a group health plan or health 
     insurance coverage offered in connection with such a plan to 
     provide an exceptions process for any medication step therapy 
     protocol, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Cardin, Mrs. Shaheen, 
             Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Rosen, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Peters, Mr. Warner, 
             Mr. Sanders, Mr. Lujan, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Booker, 
             Ms. Stabenow, and Ms. Smith):
       S. 465. A bill to establish and support public awareness 
     campaigns to address COVID-19-related health disparities and 
     promote vaccination; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. MORAN (for himself, Mr. Blunt, and Mrs. 
             Fischer):
       S. 466. A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to 
     require providers of a covered service to provide location 
     information concerning the telecommunications device of a 
     user of such service to an investigative or law enforcement 
     officer or an employee or other agent of a public safety 
     answering point in an emergency situation involving risk of 
     death or serious physical harm or in order to respond to the 
     user's call for emergency services; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. King):
       S. 467. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     establish a program to improve the identification, 
     assessment, and treatment of patients in hospital emergency 
     departments who are at risk of suicide, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. THUNE (for himself and Ms. Hassan):
       S. 468. A bill to expedite transportation project delivery, 
     facilitate infrastructure improvement, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. MORAN (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, Mrs. Fischer, 
             and Mr. Tester):
       S. 469. A bill to require the Administrator of the Federal 
     Motor Carrier Safety Administration to establish an advisory 
     board focused on creating opportunities for women in the 
     trucking industry, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. KAINE (for himself and Mr. Warner):
       S. 470. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility 
     of designating certain land as the Great Dismal Swamp 
     National Heritage Area, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. BRAUN (for himself and Mr. Scott of Florida):
       S. 471. A bill to allow Members of Congress to opt out of 
     the Federal Employees Retirement System, and allow Members 
     who opt out of the Federal Employees Retirement System to 
     continue to participate in the Thrift Savings Plan; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. BRAUN (for himself and Mr. Scott of Florida):
       S. 472. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     provide for the termination of certain retirement benefits 
     for Members of Congress, except the right to continue 
     participating in the Thrift Savings Plan, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Mr. Grassley):
       S. 473. A bill to amend the CARES Act to extend the subset 
     for the definition of a small business debtor, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BRAUN (for himself and Mr. Kennedy):
       S. 474. A bill to prohibit the Export-Import Bank of the 
     United States from providing financing to persons with 
     seriously delinquent tax debt; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. Booker, Ms. Smith, Mr. 
             Cornyn, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Burr, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Ernst, 
             Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Rubio, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. 
             Hawley, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Sanders, Mrs. 
             Fischer, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Lankford, Ms. Cortez 
             Masto, Mr. Cassidy, Ms. Warren, Mr. Risch, Mr. 
             Menendez, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Young, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Casey, Ms. Collins, 
             Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Portman, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Scott 
             of South Carolina, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Warner, Ms. 
             Duckworth, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. King, Mr. Bennet, Mr. 
             Brown, Mr. Reed, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Coons, Mrs. Shaheen, 
             Mrs. Murray, Mr. Peters, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Wyden, Mr. 
             Lujan, Ms. Stabenow, Ms. Sinema, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. 
             Murphy, and Mr. Padilla):
       S. 475. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     designate Juneteenth National Independence Day as a legal 
     public holiday; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. 
             Markey, Mr. Merkley, Mrs. Gillibrand, and Mr. Kaine):
       S. 476. A bill to provide for the establishment of a COVID-
     19 Compensation Fund, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself and Mr. Cramer):
       S. 477. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to create a refundable tax credit for travel expenditures, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. COTTON (for himself, Mr. Romney, Ms. Collins, 
             Mrs. Capito, and Mr. Portman):
       S. 478. A bill to gradually raise the Federal minimum wage, 
     to permanently establish the E-Verify employment eligibility 
     verification system, to mandate the use of E-Verify by all 
     employers, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. WICKER (for himself, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Barrasso, 
             Mr. Bennet, Mr. Inhofe, Ms. Baldwin, Mrs. Capito, Mr. 
             Menendez, Mr. Moran, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. 
             Van Hollen, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Boozman, and Ms. 
             Rosen):
       S. 479. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to reinstate advance refunding bonds; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. DAINES (for himself, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Scott of 
             South Carolina, and Mr. Portman):
       S. 480. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to make permanent the deduction for qualified business 
     income; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. Kaine, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. 
             Warner, Mr. Booker, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. 
             Warren, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Smith, Ms. 
             Hirono, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Whitehouse, 
             Mr. Markey, Mr. Coons, Mr. Casey, Mr. Brown, Mr. 
             Wyden, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Duckworth, and 
             Mr. Bennet):
       S. 481. A bill to secure the Federal voting rights of 
     persons when released from incarceration; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself and Mr. Braun):
       S. 482. A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services and other Federal officials to compile into a 
     searchable database information relating to Federal support 
     for biomedical research and development related to COVID-19, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. MURPHY (for himself, Mr. Young, Mr. Kaine, and 
             Mr. Cramer):
       S. 483. A bill to prohibit certain noncompete agreements, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Ms. Smith, Mrs. 
             Shaheen, and Mr. Sanders):
       S. 484. A bill to establish grant programs for maternal 
     mental health equity and to grow and diversify the maternal 
     mental and behavioral health care workforce; to the Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions .
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself and Mrs. Capito):
       S. 485. A bill to establish a grant program for family 
     community organizations that provide support for individuals 
     struggling with substance use disorder and their families; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Ms. Smith, Mr. Booker, 
             Mr. Durbin, and Mr. Casey):
       S. 486. A bill to amend the Department of Agriculture 
     Reorganization Act of 1994 to establish the Rural Innovation 
     and Partnership Administration and to amend the Consolidated 
     Farm and Rural Development Act to establish the Rural Future 
     Partnership Fund to invest in the rural areas of the United 
     States to achieve their preferred future while maximizing 
     their contribution to the well-being of the United States, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Booker, Mr. Merkley, and 
             Mr. Heinrich):
       S. 487. A bill to make supplemental appropriations for the 
     Departments of Agriculture, the Interior, Homeland Security, 
     Labor, and Commerce for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
     2021, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. HAGERTY (for himself, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Cotton, Mr. 
             Tillis, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Cornyn, Ms. 
             Lummis, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Ms.

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             Ernst, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. 
             Johnson, Mr. Young, Mr. Sasse, Mr. Lankford, Mr. 
             Hawley, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Marshall, Mrs. Capito, and 
             Mr. Wicker):
       S. 488. A bill to provide for congressional review of 
     actions to terminate or waive sanctions imposed with respect 
     to Iran; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. BRAUN (for himself and Ms. Ernst):
       S. 489. A bill to require an annual report of Federal 
     employees and retirees with delinquent tax debt; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Mr. Wicker, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, 
             Mr. Marshall, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Hagerty, Mr. Cassidy, 
             Mr. Lee, Mr. Portman, Mr. Grassley, Mrs. Blackburn, 
             Mr. Cotton, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Daines, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. 
             Barrasso, Mr. Inhofe, and Mr. Tillis):
       S.J. Res. 9. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States to require that the 
     Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine 
     justices; read the first time.

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